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Meal families

Offal and tripe

Veal sweetbreads with mushrooms and cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Desserts

Apple bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard with whipped cream and gelatin flavored with alcohol.

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Poultry

Blanquette of chicken

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.

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Game birds

Pheasant in chartreuse of vegetables

Chartreuse : a dish cooked in a bain-marie, made of braised cabbage (or other vegetables) layered alternately with meat to create a contrast of colors.

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Cheeses

Tomme de Courchevel

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Savoie. Tarentaise. Praslin.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.

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Desserts

Red fruits in aspic

Aspic : a cold dish in which the ingredients (vegetables, fruits, eggs, fish, meat, and/or poultry) are encased in a jelly made from stock or consommé.

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Poultry

Chicken supreme with curry sauce

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.
Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Garlic prawns

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Desserts

Caramel pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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Desserts

Crème aux œufs

Eggs beaten with milk and sugar, baked in the oven.

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Poultry

Orange chick

Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine or a reduced veal or poultry stock.

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Desserts

Praline macarons

Macaron : cupcake made of two meringue-based biscuits with a cream or ganache filling in between.

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Sauces

Caper sauce

Caper sauce : creamy white sauce with egg yolks, lemon juice and capers Cream and egg yolk sauce with lemon and capers.

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